After Being Reborn, My Aloof Master Won't Leave Me Alone

Dear readers, this story is finished, but since it's currently on the rankings and completed novels aren't allowed, I haven't posted the last few chapters. I'll post them all together when the rankings end on Friday~ Also, my new story, The Black Lotus Won't Stand a Chance Against My Sharp Tongue System, is already underway. If you're interested, take a look. As always, all feedback and criticism are welcome~

Everyone says Ren Qiongyu, the female demon, is a backstabber. To save her own life, she killed the senior brother and sister who had cared for her, murdered her father and mother, joined forces with demonic cultivators to betray her sect, and grievously wounded her mentor!

Later, Qiongyu became the Ghost King and commanded a million demons and ghosts. The cultivation world feared her formidable power and didn't dare confront her directly, so they spread fabricated rumors instead: that she ate a hundred cultivators' brains at every meal, that her clothes were made of cultivators' skin, and that she kidnapped any handsome male cultivator she laid eyes on to use as a cauldron...

Later still, she died. Rumor had it that the cultivation world had gathered all its top fighters to finally destroy her.

Reborn, Qiongyu spat out a mouthful of tea leaves. "Bullshit! Those pathetic losers couldn't even touch my finger!"

She hadn't even finished her first cup of tea after being reborn when a cultivator invited her to the recruitment ceremony of a certain sect.

Passing through layer upon layer of curtains, Qiongyu saw the white-robed immortal seated on the dais. She felt a burning gaze on her and knew at once that something was wrong. She turned to leave.

But it was already too late. Jiang Xuechen flew into the crowd and said, trembling, in front of everyone, "Don't... leave me again."

Jiang Xuechen was the chief elder of Chaoyang Sect, the greatest sect in the cultivation world. Exceptionally talented and perceptive, he had made it into the top three on the cultivation world's power rankings at a young age. The first and second place holders were fifty and sixty years older than him, respectively.

Young, successful, and high-ranking, with a naturally cold and pristine beauty, he was adored by countless female cultivators. But his taciturn, severe, and exacting nature made them hesitate to approach him.

This paragon of the cultivation world had only ever made one mistake in his life: taking Ren Qiongyu as his disciple.

And falling in love with her.

After being reborn, Qiongyu was cursed and had to gather spirit stones, or her body would be pierced through and she would die. Each stone had a bizarre function, and the search for them was fraught with danger. Qiongyu was incredibly powerful and had the Book of Ten Thousand Ghosts in her possession, so she had planned to face it all alone. But her old nemesis, her master Jiang Xuechen, followed close behind, stepping in front of her time and again to keep her safe.

As their journey went on, the past slowly came to light. The Ghost King Ren Qiongyu had never been the villain the rumors made her out to be...

++A forceful, arrogant Ghost King disciple x a stern, aloof righteous mentor + 1v1 + happy ending

++Adventure, monster-slaying, horror, and suspense. Enjoy~

New story: The Black Lotus Won't Stand a Chance Against My Sharp Tongue System. Please add it to your reading list~

Blurb: Tangtang transmigrates into a book as the wicked supporting character Shen Yutang, the legitimate second daughter of the Shen family, generals of the Zhou Kingdom. The heroine is her illegitimate older sister, Shen Yuhe. In the original story, Shen Yutang was arrogant and domineering from childhood, with a sharp, vicious tongue. She loved bullying her older sister and also tormented Pei Mu, a hostage from an enemy kingdom who admired her sister.

Pei Mu was a sickly, deranged male supporting character. Sent to the Zhou Kingdom as a hostage when he was young, he endured constant bullying and humiliation, and saw the heroine as the only light in his heart. After silently enduring everything until he could return to his homeland, the first thing he did was lead an army against the Zhou Kingdom and seize the heroine, who had become a princess consort. The second thing he did was have the wicked supporting character Shen Yutang cut into a human pig.

To stay alive, Tangtang had planned to keep her head down and behave. Who knew she'd get bound to a trash-talking System that forced her to insult people every day? Insults earned points that could be traded for items, and if she didn't insult anyone, she'd die. On top of that, it required her to insult the heroine and the obsessive male supporting character at certain points in the plot.

The trash System didn't care about her, so Tangtang had no choice but to grit her teeth and snap at the hostage, who had been kneeling in the cold wind for a day and a night: "Go back! Aren't you an eyesore, kneeling here?"

System: +1,000 points.

The hostage glared at her darkly, struggled to his feet, and staggered away.

Tangtang: So this works too.

Then Tangtang snapped at her sister, who was being bullied and didn't dare speak up: "Look at you, all pathetic and timid! You're making the General's Mansion look bad!" Then she gave the people tormenting the heroine a tongue-lashing.

System: +1,000 points.

+100 points.

Tangtang: So I get points no matter who I insult!

With the items she bought using her points, Tangtang became the toughest and most foul-mouthed person in the whole book. All sorts of people disliked her, but none of them could take her down.

She used her points to buy pizza, hamburgers, and ice cream, then sprawled on the General's Mansion's big bed, eating and reading novels. Apart from the plot points the System required her to follow, she couldn't even be bothered to get out of bed. Life was so comfortable.

But as time went on, the plot got more and more off track.

The heroine, Shen Yuhe: My little sister is all bark and no bite. She treats me well, and I know that.

The male lead, the third prince: No one is allowed to lay a hand on Yutang!

By then, the obsessive hostage Pei Mu had returned to his homeland and ascended the throne. He arrived at the Zhou Kingdom's capital with a hundred thousand cavalry.

Beneath the city walls, his red cloak whipped in the wind. He raised his crimson lips. "I want one person."

Everyone thought Pei Mu wanted the girl he'd cherished since he was young, Shen Yuhe, the third prince's consort.

But he lifted his head and looked through the thick city walls at that petite figure, his eyes burning with passion. "Hand over Shen Yutang, and I'll withdraw my troops."

Tangtang: ??!

Everyone thought that if Tangtang went to him, she would surely die. But before long, news came from the enemy kingdom that Pei Mu had made Tangtang his empress.

On their wedding night, the red candles flickered. Pei Mu took a deep breath and lifted her veil, his eyes filled with boundless love.

After a long silence, his eyes reddened, and he asked with a tremor in his voice, "Tangtang, insult me again."

Tangtang: !!? Will someone tell me what's going on?!

A sharp-tongued but adorable sunshine girl x a scheming, brooding boy who loves being insulted

Theme: Life is about making choices again and again. All that matters is having a clear conscience.